San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard had quite a sequence during the final 30 seconds Monday against Houston — he hit a three-pointer to give his team the lead, blocked a shot to help seal the victory and peed in a cup.
OK, that last part took place...

Dwight Freeney’s career bounce-back has caught the attention of a lot of people this season, including the “Round Mound of Rebound.”
Turns out, NBA legend Charles Barkley is a big fan of the Atlanta Falcons defensive end, his neighbor in a posh...

Le’Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount once shared carries for the Pittsburgh Steelers and they remain good friends.
Now they will try to keep each other from going to the Super Bowl.
Most of the attention going into Sunday’s AFC title game at...

Injuries forced Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell to wait three seasons for the chance to run onto the field together in the playoffs. The wait for the Pittsburgh Steelers' “Big Three” to do it again won't be nearly as long.
Bell...

Ah, field day.
Those two words are sure to bring back countless childhood memories of having outdoor fun with friends, playing games for an entire day instead of doing schoolwork, knowing that summer vacation isn't far away — and, of course, Dad taking...

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison announced Monday he hopes to be back for a 14th NFL season in the fall at age 38. The very next day, he was randomly ordered to take a drug test by the league.
How do we know about this? Because Harrison...

Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine is keeping his starting quarterback a secret — even from the quarterbacks.
Pettine wouldn't reveal whether Josh McCown or Johnny Manziel will start on Sunday when the Browns visit the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are...

Tom Brady's four-game suspension was lifted by a federal judge Thursday morning, and folks around the league were quick to react.
The Patriots organization let a photo do the talking.
pic.twitter.com/KEpFUMr5bi— New England Patriots (@Patriots)

Robert Griffin III is setting himself up.
For what? Well, take a look at the comment the Redskins quarterback made during an interview with WJLA in Washington, D.C.
"I feel like I’m the best quarterback in the league, and I have to go out and show...

James Harrison has earned two Super Bowl rings during his 12-year NFL career. The star linebacker really earned the one in 2009, when he returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown to help the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Arizona Cardinals.
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Once the backbone of a proud NFL franchise, Pittsburgh's defense in recent years had grown grayer, creakier, and slow as ketchup from a bottle.
Although they had the league's top-ranked defense in 2011 and '12 — par for the course for a franchise that...

The NFL draft will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Chicago. Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines team needs by division. Today, the North divisions:
AFC North
With Torrey Smith now in San Francisco, the Baltimore Ravens are looking for a speedy...

James Harrison knows what he wants this year, and that's to play another season of football.
Unlike in 2014 -- when he announced his retirement in August, only to come back a few weeks later to have a strong season for the Pittsburgh Steelers -- Harrison...

Joe Flacco threw two second-half touchdowns and the Baltimore Ravens dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 30-17, on Saturday night in an AFC wild-card game.
Flacco hit Torrey Smith for an 11-yard touchdown in the third quarter and found Crockett Gillmore...

Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall has been ruled out for the team's Dec. 15 home game against New Orleans due to two fractured ribs and a lung injury suffered in Thursday night's loss to Dallas.Marshall was hit in the ribs by the knee of Dallas...

James Harrison tweeted just three days ago: "Retirement is good!"
But that was a day before his longtime team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, lost two starting linebackers in one game.
Suddenly his Twitter feed took a different tone. On Monday night he...

Danny Woodhead was many things to the San Diego Chargers — running back, receiver, leader, hard worker and popular teammate. Now he's injured and out for the season.
Woodhead broke his lower right leg on the first drive Sunday in a 22-10 victory at...

An act of domestic violence has already cost a professional football running back his job. Bumbling an investigation of the incident may cost the NFL's commissioner his.
Roger Goodell, who heads the nation's most successful sports league, has been...

The players' union says the NFL has asked for the right to immediately suspend players who are arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
NFL Players Assn. executives told the Associated Press on Friday that the league's...